Counselors, Testers, and Tutors

Find providers who offer tutoring and evaluation services.

Virginia homeschoolers have many options when it comes to providing evidence of progress. To help you learn of some of them, HEAV has complied this list of providers who offer tutoring and/or testing and evaluation services. See our Virginia Homeschool Testing FAQ for information about the Virginia testing laws and options.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: HEAV has NOT prescreened these individuals or companies; inclusion on this list should not be deemed an endorsement of services. Please carefully evaluate the services of the companies you are considering.

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NATHHAN
P.O. Box 310
Moyie Springs, ID 83845
208-267-6246
800-266-9837www.nathhan.comSPECIALTY: Supports all special needs. Annual membership offers four issues of NATHHAN NEWS, The NATHHAN Family Directory, and use of the Lending Library.

Virginia-Based Counselors, Testers, and Tutors

The tutoring, testing and evaluation resources below are listed according to their location. Please keep in mind, however, that some of these companies have a much broader range of service.

Central Virginia

SPECIALTY: Certified math teacher with over 20 years of experience specializes in personalized, one-on-one math instruction tailored to child’s learning profile and needs. Experienced with homeschool students and those having special needs. Subjects include elementary math, middle school math, algebra, geometry, and SAT/ACT test prep. Rates: $50-$70/hour.

SPECIALTY: Licensed teacher with B.S. in elementary education and M.Ed. in special education. Taught special education to grades K-5. Trained and experienced in research-based programs and strategies, including ABA, TEACCH, and PECs. Experienced with administering and interpreting evaluations. Provides one-on-one and small group instruction for preschool and elementary homeschool students in all subjects. Rates: variable.

SPECIALTY: Clinical Psychologist specializing in learning and attention disorder (LD/ADHD) assessment for children through adults. Offers a full psychoeducational assessment to document learning, attention, and psychiatric disabilities that can be used in requests for accommodations on national standardized exams (e.g., SAT® exam) or for colleges. Rates vary according to tests required.

SPECIALTY: Wahoo Tutors is a full-service tutoring company serving all of Central Virginia. We tutor all ages and subjects, including standardized test preparation. All of our tutors have impeccable academic credentials, enjoy working with students of all ages and abilities, and demonstrate high levels of integrity and professionalism. We are locally owned and operated by a homeschooling family with a passion for education. Rates vary depending on age of student, subject, and number of sessions.

Hampton Roads/Williamsburg/Chesapeake Area

SPECIALTY: Certified teacher with over 16 years of experience tutors students in all levels of mathematics: elementary, middle, algebra, geometry, elementary functions, calculus, statistics, chemistry, SAT® exam/ACT® exam prep. Other tutors also available for Spanish, language arts, and English. Specializes in personalized teaching and one-on-one attention with a goal of mastery. Rates: Negotiable.

SPECIALTY: Doctoral candidate in education offering private tutoring in foreign languages (Italian, Spanish and Latin) and art history. Extensive experience as an instructor for homeschooled families of active duty members. Also available to teach adults. Rate: $25/hour.

SPECIALTY: Certified elementary teacher and Wilson Reading instructor with over 20 years of experience specializes in teaching special education and the Wilson Reading program to students with dyslexia or other learning difficulties. Also available to teach writing, comprehension, and other areas of language instruction. Screening and testing available. Rates: Negotiable.

SPECIALTY: Multisensory structured language-based learning strategies for reading, writing, and spelling using the Wilson Reading System. Homeschoolers will learn language structure. Students who may or may not have a language-based learning disability will benefit from the services. Students who struggle with reading and/or spelling will do better in their other subject areas and will not have the frustration that they once knew. Also offers kindergarten classes for up to six students. Uses the Fundations Program, also from Wilson.

SPECIALTY: Experienced native Mandarin teacher from Beijing holding TCSL (Teaching Chinese as a Second Language) credentials offers intensive, face-to-face Chinese language lessons. Has taught all levels from small children to professionals and offers lessons to K-12 students and adults. Rates: $25/50-minute session.

Has 30 years experience helping special-needs students. Manages a free informational website for families with special needs issues. Author of Special Needs section of The Virginia Homeschool Manual (available through HEAV.) Wrote two books to help parents: Teaching Your Special Needs Student and Writing a Student Educational Plan. (To order, contact Judi’s email.)

SPECIALTY: Offers individualized consultations in person or by phone for special needs and struggling learners. Support for parents who want to write Student Education Plan or Judi will write SEP for child. Administers one-on-one, diagnostic educational assessments for learning disabilities; and end-of-year tests in one-on-one setting for reading, arithmetic, and writing sub-tests from the Woodcock-Johnson-IV Tests of Achievement. (One-on-one assessment is most appropriate for students who do not test well in a group setting or who cannot work well under timed testing conditions.) Portfolio evaluations for end-of-year assessment can be arranged. Call for rates and fees.

SPECIALTY: Certified Wilson Language tutor helps dyslexic children of all ages who struggle with spelling. Using direct, systematic, structured, multi-sensory, language-based system to improve spelling, reading, writing, comprehension, and vocabulary. System teaches total word construction—not just phonics—improving reading and spelling simultaneously. Dyslexia screening (Barton trained) available for those demonstrating large discrepancy between knowledge and academic performance. Ages 5 and up. Rates: Vary by service.

SPECIALTY: Teaches and tutors SAT® exam and ACT® exam prep; more than 10 years’ experience. Focuses on helping students minimize stress and maximize time during test taking. Rate: Varies depending on travel involved and the number of SAT® exam/ ACT® exam administrations the student expects to sit for. Contact for details.

Northern Virginia

Able to Learn LLC
12801 Worldgate Drive, Suite 500
Herndon, VA 20170
703-625-2551abletolearnllc@gmail.com
SPECIALTY: Provides a variety of services, including standardized testing for evidence of progress or assessment for diagnosing learning disabilities, including Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement tests. Also provides educational therapy and intervention for reading, writing, dyslexia, or cognitive functions. Available as conference or small group speaker on learning disabilities, assessments, and reading and writing interventions. Rates: variable, based on tests given or sessions scheduled.

SPECIALTY: Offfers tutoring for K-12 ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, and gifted and talented students. Can also provide college entrance application guidance, transition services, SAT® exam prep (as well as other standardized test prep), and academic coaching. Four years of experience with homeschooled students. Rate: $45-$60/hour; contact for small group rates.

SPECIALTY: Certified teacher with a B.S. in education and an M.S. in remedial reading/education and 35 years tutoring experience. Has worked extensively with special education, LD, ED, and ADHD students. Offers diagnostic testing, evaluation, and remediation of reading issues; tutoring/teaching in all subjects for grades K-8 (math through pre-algebra); English and history for grades 9-12; study and organizational skills for all levels; and writing, research papers, Internet research, and test preparation. Available to help parents evaluate student’s grade/reading level, proctor any state-required testing, and give advice. Also offers diagnostic testing and evaluation for reading problems and can write reports for parents who need official, non-biased documentation. Rate: $50/hour plus travel time, if applicable.

SPECIALTY: Sarah Blunkosky, M.A. founded Learning Heroine LLC in 2015. As a homeschooling stay-at-home mom of three kids (one of whom has complex learning needs, including Down syndrome, autism, dysgraphia, dyslexia, and dyscalculia), Sarah recognized a need to apply her teaching and professional research/advocacy skills to provide custom learning solutions for families and their individual learners in the Fredericksburg, Virginia area and surrounding counties of Spotsylvania, Stafford, Caroline, and Culpepper counties. With years of teaching and homeschooling experience as well as training as a historian, Sarah leads a team of professionals to serve your unique needs. Learning Heroine, LLC, provides custom education and research services including proof-of-progress evaluations for homeschool students (special needs is our specialty), individual advocacy sessions for IEP/special needs and gifted students, independent historic research sessions, home learning consultations, transcript assistance/college planning sessions, and more.

Brain Balance of Glen Allen
9980 Brook Road
Glen Allen, VA 23059
804-554-9868www.brainbalancecenters.com/locations/glen-allen/kwentworth@brainbalancecenters.com
SPECIALTY: At Brain Balance Center of Glen Allen we understand the pain and frustration of watching your child struggle with learning or behavioral issues. We have helped thousands of kids overcome their challenges. Our groundbreaking program provides lasting results because we don’t simply work with a child’s strengths or compensate for a weakness. Rather, we tackle the root cause of the issue without diagnosing, labeling, or medicating. Every child needs underlying tools and connection to be able to process information correctly. Rates: Negotiable.

SPECIALTY: Chinese Now! offers Chinese language enrichment and academic programs for homeschool students. The story of modern China is compelling, and the language and culture are engaging to most students. Classes are offered to homeschool communities or in students’ homes. Rates: $100 for 10-week program for up to 4 students

SPECIALTY: Experienced math teacher offers extensive, unique approach to tutoring that reduces frustrations and increases your child’s learning potential. It’s time for your child to enjoy math again! Services include private and group math tutoring, help with homework and test preparation, review and preview of curriculum. All levels Pre-K through Algebra 2. Rates: $60/hour with discounts for group tutoring and for long-term students.

SPECIALTY: Certified, experienced teacher and tutor with M.A. degrees in Spanish and French provides customized English, French, or Spanish lessons and/or tutoring to ensure the most success for each student. Can also teach study skills. Works with teens and adults, from learning disabled to gifted. Rates: Negotiable.

SPECIALTY: Certified teacher and doctoral student offers tutoring in middle and high school math, science, history, and English. Strong background in reading, writing, and math development for younger students. Works independently and through a few tutoring groups that specialize in test prep programs. Rates: vary depending on services desired. Contact for more information.

SPECIALTY: Hand In Hand Homeschool offers a wide range of individualized educational testing and evaluation services that meet Virginia state requirements. Schedule 3 or more students for evaluations, and Hand In Hand will travel to Northern Virginia. Discounts available if you complete your evaluation before April 1. We warmly welcome unschoolers. HIH’s Directior, Alessa Giampaolo, holds a Masters in Education from Johns Hopkins University. She homeschooled her children from K – college.

Hand In Hand also offers a full range of IQ and achievement testing, along with diagnostic services to assess for learning disabilities. We specialize in helping families create unique learning plans for their gifted children.

HeadStrong Learning Center specializes in NILD Educational Therapy, SEARCH & TEACH: Early Reading Intervention, Orton Gillingham reading, Feuerstein’s Instrumental Enrichment program, and middle and high school math tutoring. We are a group of four highly trained Educational Therapists with three convenient Loudoun County locations. All of our therapists have experience working with homeschool families and several of us are homeschoolers ourselves. We offer a 10% testing discount for HEAV members. Rates: Negotiable.

SPECIALTY: Innovative, creative, experienced teacher with B.A. from Notre Dame in great books and history and M.A. in English literature from UVA and SMU specializes in teaching and tutoring history, composition, rhetoric, literature, and humanities, employing a teaching style that encourages writing and critical thinking skills as life habits rather than rote assignments. Familiar with AP testing. Develops individualized lesson plans based on a student’s personal historical interests. Rates: $25-30/hour.

SPECIALTY: UCLA graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering and more than 15 years of full-time teaching and tutoring experience. Former faculty high school mathematics instructor in California and part-time college instructor tutors Algebra 1 and 2, geometry, precalculus, trigonometry, calculus, and other math-related topics; tutors both AP® and regular physics. One student improved her SAT® exam Math score by 140 points after five lessons Rate is $90/hour; contact for small group rates.

SPECIALTY: “Coach” Lamons has provided educational evaluations for home educated students throughout Virginia for 24 years! In addition to the assessment report, accepted by all school district jurisdictions throughout Virginia, he provides curriculum consultation, learning and teaching strategies for challenged learners, and individual educational plans in compliance with all aspects of Virginia home education laws. Most importantly, individual goals and progress are considered for both gifted and challenged learners, resulting in a positive individual evaluation experience and report for ALL students. Rates: $25-70 depending upon services rendered and time of year.

SPECIALTY: After nine years homeschooling a child with learning and attention problems, Kathy supports parents who are teaching struggling learners at home (or considering it). She offers a free initial 20 minute phone consultation to determine how she can help the parent with planning, tips, and resources. Kathy earned her B.A. and teaching certificates in English and math at William and Mary.

SPECIALTY: Virginia-certified, former FCPS third-grade teacher and experienced tutor with a master’s degree in elementary education specializes in writing instruction for grades K-8. Also available to tutor math (K-5) and reading (K-5). Rates: $50/hour with discounts for multiple family members.

SPECIALTY: Experienced educator, guidance counselor, and homeschool mom with master’s degrees in English and psychology offers annual homeschool evaluations, achievement testing, and executive function evaluation and training. Also available to tutor in study skills or middle and high school language arts courses. Rates: Negotiable.

SPECIALTY: Homeschool parent and certified teacher with 16 years of classroom experience specializes in individualized reading tutoring using the Orton-Gillingham approach. As an Orton-Gillingham Associate, reading specialist, and dyslexia tutor, Stacy specializes in prescriptive, sequential lessons for struggling readers, but also offers tutoring in reading, writing, and math for students in grades 1-8. Rates available upon request.

SPECIALITY: Offers counseling, testing, tutoring, and full-degree services for homeschoolers in grades 5-12. Also offers college courses for high school students, as well as AP ®courses and SAT® exam/PSAT/NMSQT® exam prep courses.

SPECIALTY: Provides an integrative approach to meeting the goals of special needs homeschool students by offering music therapy, applied behavior analysis, and somatic psychology services all under one roof. Go by their cozy, historic log cabin in Downtown Winchester, or they will come to you! Rates available upon request.

SPECIALTY: Northern Virginia-based psychotherapy, education, and family coaching practice provides essential knowledge, tools, and resources through individual and group therapy, assessment, brain-based training, and professional and parent development seminars. Counseling services, comprehensive psycho-educational testing, ADHD testing, working memory testing and remediation, family coaching, and professional speaking workshops. Rates vary according to services provided, from $120-$1200.

The Write Connection
3409 B South Stafford Street
Arlington, VA 22206
240-344-2399sdreizen@thewriteconnection.org
SPECIALTY: Virginia-certified English teacher and founder, Stefanie Dreizen, brings 23 years of experience in teaching middle and high school students throughout the Metropolitan D.C. area. The Write Connection offers customized writing classes and creative writing workshops that help students gain critical thinking skills and enthusiasm for the writing process. Rates: $50-75/hour.

Kim Wood4609 Ferry Landing Road
Alexandria/Fairfax, VA 22309
703-856-5563www.uniquestepsllc.cominfo@uniquestepsllc.com
SPECIALTY: Homeschooling mom and licensed special education consultant offering individual educational evaluations to provide your school district with proof of educational progress for all children, including those with special needs. Provides goals, objectives, and methods to facilitate progress for your special needs child (IEP). Also provides curriculum recommendations and tools for teaching to your child’s strengths. Master’s degree in non-categorical special education. Can administer and evaluate the Brigance Diagnostic Inventories for a more detailed evaluation. Rates: Vary based on services provided.

Richmond Area

SPECIALTY: ABA VA, LLC was founded by a licensed, board-certified behavior analyst who is also a licensed special education teacher in the state of Virginia. Provides services to children from birth through early adulthood with ASD (autism spectrum disorder). Strives to provide comprehensive services to individuals with autism and their families. Individualized services to meet the needs of each learner, capitalizing on strengths while working to increase independence in areas of challenge. Programming utilizes evidence-based principles, and decisions are always data-based. Rates vary based on services rendered. Contact for more information.

SPECIALTY: Experience teaching at the high school, private school, community college, and college levels. Enjoys one-on-one interaction with students to help them improve their knowledge of a second language–Spanish, French, Italian, or ESL–and feel comfortable using it in an environment outside the classroom. Believes learning a foreign language can be fun if it is presented in an enjoyable way. Rate: $40/hour. (30-minute sessions available.)

SPECIALTY: We offer experiential learning experiences for high school
students who want to learn entrepreneurship and improve soft skills vital for
success in college and beyond. Experienced entrepreneurs guide students
through a series of courses and activities covering topics such as product
design, product management, team building, and effective communication,
in either virtual or in-class settings. Rates: $50/hr. Group rates available.

SPECIALTY: Certified, experienced special education teacher with master’s degree provides individualized, multisensory instruction for students with dyslexia and other learning differences in reading and writing. Creates customized lessons using the Wilson Language System in order to increase decoding, reading fluency, spelling, and reading comprehension. Formal and informal reading assessments available. Instruction given in your home or onsite. Rates: $50-55/hour.

SPECIALTY: Former homeschool mom is experienced tutor and certified teacher with master’s degree in special education. Moving to Virginia and available to tutor in home in Amelia County beginning August 2014. Specializes in elementary through high school math, remedial reading, English grammar and literature, chemistry, ACT/SAT prep, creative writing. Rates: $20/hour with discounts for longer periods of time or multiple students from same family.

SPECIALTY: Certified special education teacher with over 20 years of experience specializes in individualized reading tutoring using the Barton system, a research-based multi-sensory program based on the Orton-Gillingham approach. Also provides diagnostic-prescriptive math tutoring using a multi-sensory approach that is explicit, structured, systematic, and cumulative. Rates: $50/hour.

SPECIALTY: Qualified tutors meet the needs of homeschoolers in all subject areas at all levels. Also facilitate the needs of special education students and parents whose children need testing. Director Dr. George Martin can serve as child advocate if needed. Rates: $45/50-minute session.

SPECIALTY: Experienced teacher guides your child toward success, helping break the cycle of doing poorly, losing confidence, and then losing motivation. Able to tutor all levels of English, social studies, biology, psychology, and basic math, and also experienced in facilitating reading and writing remediation at all levels using the Orton-Gillingham method. Don’t be surprised if your child grows to love to learn! Rates: $40/hour.

SPECIALTY: We offer individual tutoring for students in grades K-12 in all subjects. Study skills are included with every session. Our learning specialists instruct students with dysgraphia, dyslexia, processing disabilities, anxiety disorders, Aspergers, etc. Achievement testing (WRAT and Iowa testing) are administered beginning in April. Rates: $50/hour.

Grove Reading Solutions
17124 Katy Lane
Beaverdam, VA 23015
804-475-3660grovereading@icloud.com
SPECIALTY: Certified Barton Tutor and homeschool mom for over 12 years. Specializing in teaching dyslexic children, teens, and adults using the Barton Reading & Spelling system. The Barton System is an Orton-Gillingham influenced, multi-sensory, sequential program designed for intense intervention. It includes reading, writing, and spelling instruction. Tutoring is available online and person in Henrico, VA. Rate: $35/hour.

SPECIALTY: Certified teacher and homeschool parent with 15 years of experience teaching children with various needs. Enjoys helping students realize their full potential. Available to teach/tutor all subject areas K-8, including algebra and Spanish. Has a B.A. in vocal performance and is able to give voice lessons. Available to administer tests. Also available to teach study skills. Rates are negotiable.

SPECIALTY: Course in Hebrew fundamentals. Learn to read and write Hebrew—the language of Moses, King David, the Prophets, Jesus and His disciples, Paul… and of course, modern-day Jews. This course will give any age group the tools to “think in Hebraic” concepts, understanding the Bible in ways you never thought possible before. Duration: 30 hours (2 hours per week for 15 weeks). Rates: $60/person or $250/family, regardless of size.

Mathilde Johnson3507 Conway Street
Richmond, VA 23222
804-833-5661mathildejohnson@gmail.com
SPECIALTY: Native French speaker with degree in journalism and certificate in European languages offers French instruction or tutoring to all ages and grade levels. Rates: $40/hour with discount for groups of two or more.

SPECIALTY: Teacher, experienced home educator, and HEAV consultant specializes in tutoring dyslexic students and those with other reading challenges. Trained in the use of various tutoring techniques with an emphasis on the Orton Gillingham-based Barton reading and spelling system. Focuses on reading, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and written expression. Rates: $80/hour.

SPECIALTY: Formerly homeschooled bachelor of mathematics with a passion for the subject teaches/tutors high school-level math courses, including algebra, geometry, precalculus, calculus, and physics. Connects well with students and enjoys working one-on-one or as the head of a small class. Also available for SAT prep. Rates: $35 per hour, including grading time for classes.

SPECIALTY: Tutoring for all levels of math from basic arithmetic through calculus as well as SAT/ACT test prep. Experience includes working with children as young as six as well as with adults. Rate: $25-$35/hour (negotiable).

SPECIALTY: Experienced tutor, teacher, and homeschool mom with over 27 years of experience specializes in working with dyslexic children and those of who have difficulty reading. Certified by Multi-Sensory Institute in Orton-Gillingham phonetically based program. Rates: $35/hour; $20/half hour.

SPECIALTY: Veteran English teacher with 25 years experience with
homeschool, private, and public school students—most recently at the
Maggie Walker Governor’s School—Denise Yagel provides student-focused,
individualized writing and literature tutoring for grades 9-12. Her
homeschool students come to know the personal riches to be gained from
reading a good story well told, the academic value of knowing how to write
analytically, and the creative worlds available to anyone who knows to honor
the transformative power of words. Options include working with students on
foundational writing and literature skills, college preparatory and
composition work, college application essays, and creative writing. Tutoring
can also be arranged virtually via Google docs, Skype, or FaceTime. Rates:
$40 per hour.

Sheri Richardson
1643 West Broad Street
Unit #4896
Richmond, VA 23220
804-687-6876dnaofmiracles@gmail.com
SPECIALTY: Experienced teacher/tutor uses only proven, evidence-based teaching methods, with memory enhancement techniques used in every session. Experience helping students with learning disabilities. Students often raise performance levels by a grade level in only a month. Rates: $40/hour.

SPECIALTY: Homeschooling mother of two with B.S. in applied mathematics offers academic tutoring for all K-12 subjects, including mathematics, science, technology, engineering, reading, and study skills. Also experienced in assisting with curriculum development, proof of progress, exam preparation, college admissions, and more. Rates: starting at $45/hour.

SPECIALTY: Offers cognitive, behavioral/emotional, and educational testing as well as interpretation of previously administered individual or group tests. Available measures include WISC-IV, WAIS-IV, Woodcock-Johnson III, WRAT-IV, KOPPITZ-2, and BASC-2. Follow-up and written reports provided. Results can be used to set homeschooling goals and to request accommodations on national standardized exams, if needed. Specializes in special education. Rates: Variable

SPECIALTY: Homeschool mom with master’s degree in social work provides hourly tutoring at the elementary level. Specializes in pre-K through fourth grade. Also provides educational evaluations to satisfy requirement that child is achieving an adequate level of educational growth and progress. Rates:$35/hour.

SPECIALTY: Sylvan Learning of Richmond has been supporting the families of Richmond for almost 30 years. Our personalized programs, using the latest technology, implemented by state-certified teachers, puts us at the top of extra-curricular instruction in the area. Our programs in reading, math, writing, study skills, algebra, Geometry, SAT/ACT prep, and more, will cover all the educational bases for your family!

SPECIALTY: Teaches using The Writing & Spelling Road to Reading and Thinking, based on Spalding’s multi-sensory approach to integrating writing, seeing, hearing, and speaking. This framework provides a strong foundation in phonetics, writing, reading, grammar, etc., and is superb for overcoming learning challenges. Has seventeen years of experience with K-8 students, excellent references, homeschool experience, a master’s degree, and and a Montessori teacher certification.

SPECIALTY: Educational consultant/reading specialist with graduate degrees in reading and administration and undergraduate degrees in regular and special education. Available for language arts instruction, testing, or assessment. Offers both individualized and partnered tutoring. Special emphasis on student self esteem. Rates available upon request.

SPECIALTY: Experienced math teacher who enjoys teaching or tutoring math (middle school through precalculus) to both gifted students and those who struggle with math. Uses patience, humor, and a relaxed atmosphere to help students excel and enjoy—or at least not hate!—math. Also specializes in SAT/ACT prep for math. Rates: $35-$40 per hour, negotiable by circumstances.

Statewide

SPECIALTY: Team of experienced tutors trained in the Barton System. Provides one-on-one tutoring to all grade levels, including dyslexia remediation, reading development, and cognitive development for K-adult. Also offers dyslexia screening. Rates vary depending on services and are available upon request.

SPECIALTY: Year-round testing offered by a homeschool mom who is a retired curriculum/testing coordinator (M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction) and has worked with homeschoolers since 1980. Professional achievement testing, IQ testing, and learning disability testing available. All professional testing includes feedback and curriculum recommendations. Travel will be considered, depending on the individual situations. Offers online Stanford 10 Achievement and OLSAT8 IQ/Cognitive Ability Testing, administered by us in your home. Also offers the latest nationally normed, standardized achievement test available for in-home administration (by mail): Iowa, TerraNova, CAT/6, BASI and IQ/Cognitive Abilities. See the website for more information and rates.

SPECIALTY: Northwest Untest offers highly accurate, pressure-free testing alternatives specifically designed to assist parents who wish to provide the very best education for their children. All NWUT assessments are holistic as well as cognitively, emotionally, and developmentally adaptive, making them appropriate for all learners. Unlike other tests, our assessments are available to everyone, everywhere, year-round. Never miss a testing deadline again.
Rates: Assessments start at $79.

SPECIALTY: B.S. and M.A. in education with 30 years of experience. Registered test administrator with BJU for IOWA, Stanford 10, and OLSAT tests. Available to tutor all subjects (Pre-K through 8); language arts, mathematics, history, and science (grades 9 and 10); and language arts, history, and government (grades 11 and 12). Can teach sign language and performance arts for Pre-K through adult. Rate: $30/hour and up for tutoring; $50/day for testing at his location, plus cost of testing materials.

SPECIALTY: “Coach” Lamons has provided educational evaluations for home educated students throughout Virginia for 24 years! In addition to the assessment report, accepted by all school district jurisdictions throughout Virginia, he provides curriculum consultation, learning and teaching strategies for challenged learners, and individual educational plans in compliance with all aspects of Virginia home education laws. Most importantly, individual goals and progress are considered for both gifted and challenged learners, resulting in a positive individual evaluation experience and report for ALL students. Rates: $25-70 depending upon services rendered and time of year.

SPECIALTY: Certified tutor uses Barton system with students of all ages who
struggle with reading, writing, and/or spelling. (See www.bartonreading.com
for more information.) Conducts initial screening to assess benefit, then
tutors twice weekly in 55-minute sessions—which can be done onsite or
online—with no homework between sessions. Offers free consultation. Rates:
$55/session

SPECIALTY: Offers an online study coach for as well as an online AnytimeAnswers program. Offers traditional in-office tutoring in Charlottesville, Great Falls, and McLean. Tutors any level of math as well as biology, chemistry, and physics. Has provided academic support for homeschool students for 10 years, worked with the University of Nebraska, the University of Missouri, Blueprint Education, Pearblossom, Class.com, and various homeschool organizations and curricula.

SPECIALTY: Offers Iowa, Stanford 10 (paper and online), TerraNova2, BASI (online), and Woodcock-Johnson testing. We also have cognitive/ability testing and practice materials.” See HEAV’s Testing Resources page under “Test Preparation Materials” and “Iowa” for more details and rates. Woodcock-Johnson administered on-site for any age; prices vary, but the basic test runs about $90.

All Other Areas

SPECIALTY: Nationally standardized achievement tests from Bayside feature the CAT/6 TerraNova Second Edition (published in 2000 with updated 2005 norms) as well as the older CTBS TerraNova First Edition (1996). Both test series meet the requirements of Virginia and North Carolina, as well as most other states that require homeschool testing. Also provides the Test of Cognitive Skills, Second Edition, a one-hour long aptitude (IQ) test. Bayside will send tests to military, missionary and expat families around the world.

SPECIALTY: Lessons in Literacy offers individualized, multi-sensory reading instruction to students with language processing issues like dyslexia. This dynamic approach is effective and empowering for students of all ages, K-adult. Rate: $40/lesson. Workshops for educators are also available; contact for rates.

SPECIALTY: Qualified dyslexia tutor with training in Wilson Reading, IEW writing, Lindamood-Bell’s Visualizing and Verbalizing, and LIPS. Dedicated to utilizing researched, multi-sensory, language-based strategies, individualized and structured for each student. Offers private tutoring that specializes in reading/writing/spelling, dyslexia screenings, and achievement testing with the WJ IV Achievement Test. As a home-educating mom, I have over 13 years of working with home-educating families. Call or email for rates.

SPECIALTY: TALK (Teaching Articulation and Language to Kids) is a private, pediatric speech therapy practice serving children 18 months to 18 years of age. Services provided include screenings, evaluations, and therapy in the convenience of your home. TALK services the central Virginia area, including Richmond and Charlottesville. Rate: Please see the website.

SPECIALTY: Woodcock Johnson III testing for grades pre-K through 12. Homeschool mom of seven years and public school teacher with a masters in education and a specialty certificate in reading. Currently co-president of CHARM (Christian Homeschool Association of Rocky Mount).

SPECIALTY: All levels of math including K-12, college, and adult continuing education. Can also provide homework help with English grammar, reading, and writing. Experienced with students from both public and private schools. Rate: $30/hour.